Information

Contact: Patrick Adams  01954 713408 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 5 July to Friday 20 July

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 5 Jul

Fri 6 Jul

Mon 9 Jul

Tue 10 Jul

Wed 11 Jul

10:30am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 12 Jul

6pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Fri 13 Jul

 

Mon 16 Jul

Tue 17 Jul

Wed 18 Jul

Thu 19 Jul

2pm

Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 20 Jul

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Planned Road Works - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 571 KB

Please find attached road closure information for w/c 2 July.

 

To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or our A14 helpline.

 

Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line

Jon Lewell - jon.lewell@thea14.com

 

Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey

Jade Pettit - jade.pettit@thea14.com

 

Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton

Bob Pettipher - bob.pettipher@thea14.com

 

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on our website

3.

Housing Market Bulletin - June 2018 pdf icon PDF 3 MB

Please find attached the latest housing market bulletin, which provides the local, regional and national housing market signals as at April 2018.

4.

Grant funding available to local residents to complete disabled adaptations or essential home repairs pdf icon PDF 234 KB

We would like to improve awareness of our service to local residents in the South Cambridgeshire area. We are CAMBS HIA, a shared service, working across South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridge City Council and Huntingdonshire District Council. Our remit is to help elderly, disabled and vulnerable people apply for grant funding to get essential works done in their homes, enabling them to live safely and independently.

We work closely with Occupational Therapists who assess the person based on their medical needs to determine the required adaptation(s). We can then help the person apply for grant funding, including drawing up a schedule of work, getting quotations and dealing with all regulatory issues. We charge a fee for this service which forms part of the grant, if eligible.

We would be grateful if you could help promote our service to your constituents.  

If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Debra Barker – Caseworker

Debra.Barker@CambsHIA.org

UPCOMING DISTRICT COUNCILLOR TRAINING

Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Patrick Adams on 01954 713408. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

5.

Housing Training: Thursday 5 July, 4pm to 5:30pm

Training: Housing

Date: Thursday 5 July

Time: 4pm to 5:30pm

Description:

Briefing from the Director on Housing and South Cambs Ltd. Aimed at new Members but available as a refresher for all Members.

6.

Finance Training: Monday 9 July - 10am to 4pm

Training: Finance by CiPFA

Date: Monday 9 July

Time: 10am to 4:30pm

Description:

An introduction to Local Government Finance recommended for all new Councillors but available to all as a refresher.

GENERAL INFORMATION

7.

Media Monitoring

Arising from the results of the Member Communication Needs Survey, many members highlighted the fact that residents found out about SCDC matters through the media.

 

The Council’s Communications Team will produce a weekly summary of recent news items to be published in the Bulletin to help keep members informed of recent coverage of SCDC.

 

Contact the Communications Team for further information.

 

 

Date

Publication

Details

27/06/2018

Cambridge Independent

Getting active with free fun day at Milton

P18

 

27/06/2018

Cambridge Independent

Ad from Carter Jonas inviting people to 2 July Cambourne High Street event

P105

 

27/06/2018

Cambridge Independent Online

South Cambridgeshire District Council seeks to unlock potential of Cambourne High Street

Link

Plugs 2 July Carter Jonas event

27/06/2018

Cambridge Network

Final preparations underway for Parklife 2018

Link

 

27/06/2018

Cambridge News online

Why Addenbrooke's could soon be suffering power cuts if urgent action isn't taken

Link

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

28/06/2018

Cambridge News

Roadworks on A14 keeping out kids awake'

P6 & P7

Same article from weekend. Cllr Gough quoted.

28/06/2018

Camnbridge News

Strain on grid may cause power cuts

P19

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

28/06/2018

Cambridge News

Penalties planned for dog fouling.

P22

Briefly mentions SCDC fixed penalty notices and small number of reports of this we get

28/06/2018

Cambridge Independent online

Cambridgeshire authority hits top three for council tax collection in the UK

Link

 

28/06/2018

Planning & Building Control Today

New TV programme 'Solving the Housing Crisis?' questions the UK's current situation

Link

Mentions affordable housing build programme by SCDC

28/06/2018

Local Government Chronicle online

Mayor on collision course with ministers over £400m city deal clash

Link

References Cllr Bridget Smith and a previous blog on the topic

28/06/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Summary of letter sent to CA / GCP by James Brokenshire

Scroll to 15m in

Includes quoted remarks from Cllr Bridget Smith

29/06/2018

Cambridge Network

Council in top three of Council Tax collection table

Link

 

29/06/2018

Cambridge News

Have your say on the High Street

P18

About 2 July Cambourne High Street event

29/06/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Philippa Hart interviewed on Mann in the Morning about Parklife 2018

Scroll to 21mins in

 

29/06/2018

Cambridge Independent online

£400m GCP funding may be witheld if our political leaders can't stop squabbling

Link

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

29/06/2018

Cambs Times Online

Get over it, get on with it, or risk losing £400m cash Government minister warns

Link

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

29/06/2018

Cambridge News Online

£400m to cut traffic in Cambridgeshire could be lost because our leaders can't get along

Link

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

30/06/2018

Cambridge News

Article about farmer angry at not being able to recycle compostable trays

P3

Trevor Nicoll quoted in Greater Cambridge Shared Waste response

01/07/2018

Heart Cambridgeshire

Tom Horn briefly interviewed from Parklife on the Sunday lunchtime local show

N/A

 

02/07/2018

Cambridge News Online

Metro and light rail plans for Cambridge dismissed as 'fantasy'

Link

CA / GCP article

02/07/2018

Cambridge News

City metro 'is a fantasy'

P3

CA / GCP article

02/07/2018

Cambridge News

All the people, so many people enjoying Parklife event

P4

Cllr Philippa Hart quoted

02/07/2018

Cambridge News

Letter: Call time on bumptious metro plan

P45

Letter from Cllr Deborah Roberts

02/07/2018

Cambridge Independent online

Cambridgeshire mayor's metro plan dismissed as 'fantasy' in NIC report

Link

CA / GCP article

03/07/2018

Cambs Times / Wisbech Standard

Plans approved for developing a framework to 'accelerate' delivery of affordable homes

Link

CA article: Cllr Bridget Smith mentioned

03/07/2018

That's Cambridge TV

Cambourne seeks to unlock the potential of the High Street

Link

Video report from Cambourne High Street event

04/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

City's £400m funding 'put at risk by squabbling'

P4

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

04/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Metro idea is fantasy - concentrate on cycling instead, suggests NIC report

P4

CA article

04/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Weekend fun in the sun at the park

P12

Parklife report

04/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Council top three for tax collection

P22

 

04/07/2018

Star Radio Online

Council prevents over 200 families from becoming homeless

Link

 

 

8.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

 

The Local Government Association provides a list of news headlines relevant to its members. Please click the headlines below for more details.

 

Friday 29 June 2018: Independent Online: “By 2020 our Councils will be in utter financial chaos”

County Councils Network director warns of the consequences of failing to adequately fund local government are “becoming starker by the day”.

 

Tuesday 3 July 2018: City AM: OPINION: We need smarter housing to meet changing demographics

The UK needs to adapt its approach to providing housing for older people to meet rising need, Marc Leyshon, commercial property partner for law firm Wedlake Bell, writes.

9.

View Planning Applications

To view the list of planning applications that have recently been submitted to the Council, please visit the authority’s on-line Planning Application Search.  Once the page has loaded, you can use the Search option to set your own criteria of parish, area and date range.

 

The system will provide a range of information on current and decided applications since 1948, including a brief description of the development, reference number, decision and the date of decision.  More recent applications show the name and telephone number of the council officer who is dealing with the application.

 

Search results are presented in a collection of pages, the number of which depends on the number of results your search produces.  There are navigation tools to allow you to browse your results.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE 27 JUNE 2018

In accordance with the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, any executive decision shall be published normally within five days of being made.  That record will bear the date on which it is published and will specify that the decision will come into force, and may then be implemented, on the expiry of 5 working days after the publication of the decision, unless called in for review by the Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee or by any five other councillors.

 

A list of decisions currently within the call-in period is available on the Council’s website.

 

The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’

10.

Response to the Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council consultation on new Minerals and Waste Local Plan

Cabinet

 

AGREED        to endorse the decision taken by the Deputy Leader and published on 26 June 2018 on the response to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Preliminary Draft Consultation that was consistent with the views set out in the report.

 

This decision was first published on Monday 2 June and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 9 July. If not called in, this decision can be implemented on Tuesday 10 July.

11.

2017-18 Year End Position Statement: Performance and Finace

Cabinet

 

AGREED        budget rollovers totalling £83,555 on General Fund revenue budgets, £382,839 on HRA Revenue budgets and £3,303,383 on the Capital Programme, as detailed in Appendices E(1) General Fund Revenue, E(2) HRA Revenue and E(3) Capital, to be carried forward into the 2018-19 financial year.

 

This decision was first published on Monday 2 June and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 9 July. If not called in, this decision can be implemented on Tuesday 10 July.

DECISIONS MADE BY OFFICERS AND REPORTED FOR INFORMATION

Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/access-information

OTHER INFORMATION

12.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

 

 

Agendas

·                      Planning Committee 11 July

 

Decisions

·                      Licensing Committee 25 June

·                      Cabinet 28 June

 

Minutes

·                      Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly 14 June

·                      Planning Committee 6 June

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 21 June

 

Plans

·                      Forward Plan of Key Decisions

 

Issues

·                      Preparing for 2018 and beyond Task & Finish Group

·                      Appointment of Brexit Advisory Group

·                      Localised Council Tax Support Scheme

·                      Community Chest Criteria

·                      3 Year Service Support Grants Criteria

·                      Community Energy Grants Criteria

·                      Assets of Community Value